Stream.CanWrite Property

If a class derived from Stream does not support writing, a call to Write, BeginWrite, or WriteByte throws a NotSupportedException.

If the stream is closed, this property returns false.

The following is an example of using the CanWrite property.

using System;
using System.IO;

class TestRW 
{
  public static void Main(String[] args)
  { 
    FileStream fs = new FileStream("MyFile.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate,
       FileAccess.Write);
    if (fs.CanRead && fs.CanWrite) {
        Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt can be both written to and read from.");
    }
    else if (fs.CanWrite) {
        Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt is writable.");
    }
  }
}
//This code outputs "MyFile.txt is writable." 
//To get the output message "MyFile.txt can be both written to and read from.",
//change the FileAccess parameter to ReadWrite in the FileStream constructor.

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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